In the wake of Enron and WorldCom the role of internal auditors in corporate governance has taken on a whole new meaning. The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and actions by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposed new requirements on auditors, corporate boards and management. This section of AuditNet® provides tools and resources for internal auditors to acquaint themselves with the new rules and share guidance and best practices for partnering with audit committees. Internal auditors now have a unique opportunity to work together with audit committees to help in the corporate governance mandate.

http://www.auditnet.org/Sarbox.htm 

The IT Governance Institute (ITGI) was established in 1998 in recognition of the increasing criticality of information technology to enterprise success. In many organizations, success depends on the ability of IT to enable achievement of business goals. In such an environment, governance over IT is as critical a board and management discipline as corporate governance or enterprise governance. Effective IT governance helps ensure that IT supports business goals, maximizes business investment in IT, and appropriately manages IT-related risks and opportunities.

ITGI is a research think tank that exists to  be the leading reference on IT governance for the global business community. ITGI aims to benefit enterprises by assisting enterprise leaders in their responsibility to make IT successful in supporting the enterprise's mission and goals. By conducting original research on IT governance and related topics, ITGI helps enterprise leaders understand and have the tools to ensure effective governance over IT within their enterprise.

http://www.itgi.org/

The Information Technology Service Management Forum (itSMF) is a global organization consisting of more than 12,000 corporate and government members (25,000 individual members) responsible for advancing IT best practices through the utilization of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®).

ITIL® is the only comprehensive, non-proprietary source of service management best practices that is publicly available. It contains an integrated set of well-documented processes including, among others:

• Service Desk
• Incident Management
• Problem Management
• Change Management
• Release Management
• Configuration Management
• Service Level Management
• Availability Management
• Capacity Management
• Financial Management for IT Services 
• IT Service Continuity Management 

http://www.itsmf.net/mc/page.do?sitePageId=2995

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With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the CS is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology.

http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp

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http://www.ffiec.gov/ffiecinfobase/html_pages/it_01.html